In days long past, stealing was not thought of as a crime that would have you booked at 4pm, and eating at a nice restaurant by 6:30. You would be tossed into a cave with bars, and in a day or two, a rep of the court would drop by, and saw off the offending hand.

Not a lot of thieves around back then, and the ones that WERE around were easy to spot!

I work at a local auto dealership, and I can’t even begin to count how many people I’ve had come by my lot to look for new rigs due to theirs being stolen in the last few weeks. I don’t know if the leftovers from the season have stuck around and created issues or what, but crime all over humboldt county seems to have been on a steady incline as of late